A Companion to the Works of Hartmann Von Aue

Book Overview

New essays on major aspects of the work of the great medieval German poet.

In perhaps 25 years of creative productivity (ca. 1180-ca. 1205), Hartmann von Aue authored a dispute about love between the body and the heart, Die Klage, numerous songs of courtly love, crusading songs, and most likely took part in a Crusade himself. He composed the first German Arthurian romance, Erec, based on Chr tien's like-named work, and he -- apparently -- ended...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571134484
• ISBN13: 9781571134486
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"